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- The Indian government plans to develop an AI-powered Labour Market Information System, led by the labour and employment ministry, to forecast job opportunities, identify skill gaps and align education and skilling programmes with industry demand.
- The platform would integrate data from sources such as the Periodic Labour Force Survey, EPFO payroll records, e-Shram, the National Career Service portal, and education and skilling databases, while also connecting job seekers and employers on a common platform.
- The proposal is at a conceptual stage, with stakeholder consultations planned and no rollout timeline fixed yet.
- It comes amid persistent employment and skilling gaps, with unemployment at 5.5% in June and urban unemployment rising to 6.6%.
What to watch next
- Stakeholder consultations and finalisation of the framework by the labour ministry with other ministries
- Any timeline or rollout schedule announced for the platform
- Whether an annual skills and employment survey or national databank, as recommended by NITI Aayog's working paper, is taken up
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